Lake Ritsa

 lake, nature conservation park / area, interesting place

Ritsa (Big Ritsa) - mountain lake glacial-tectonic origin in the West Caucasus, Georgia.
Located at an altitude of 950 meters above sea level Lashipsy Valley, east of Gagra Range. Area - 1.49 sq.km., length - 2.5 km, width - up to 1,05 km. The average depth of 63 meters, the largest - 116 meters to eat oilskin and snow, seasonal fluctuations in water level is 2-3 m. The average water temperature on the surface of the lake above 10°C (from late June through October), the highest - 17,6°C (August).
From Lake Ritsa stems continued district. Lashipsy - r. Yupshara, the flow of the river and Bzyb.
Extremely picturesque lake made him one of the major tourist attractions of Abkhazia. On the shore of Lake is giving Stalin and adjacent to the Brezhnev's dacha. At dachas preserve the historic furniture and interior decoration, the tour route. The lake and its surrounding territory belong to Ritsinskomu reserve. From the coast of the Black Sea to Lake leads road, which lies on the river valleys Bzyb, Yupshara and Gega.
The lake is home to trout, acclimatised sig.Nepodaleku is Ritsa Low Lake, an area of 0.2 square kilometers.